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In order to waive the immunity of a member of the Seimas, at least 71 MPs had to vote for it.
Before the Seimas made a decision, V. Gapšys complained that his case was formally and superficially seen in parliament. He called the argument to defend himself in court as a weak pseudo-argument.
“Yes, it is possible to defend oneself in court, but this does not deprive the Seimas of its duty to work qualitatively and to listen and evaluate arguments. Yes, the Seimas is not a court, but only a comprehensive assessment of the circumstances can be the basis for a fair decision, so the attempt to formally distance oneself from the subject shows a total superficiality. It was such superficiality that the Seimas commission that examined my question demonstrated, that they did not even spend the necessary time to present the subject “, said V Gapšys.
Photo by Sigismund Gedvila / 15min / Vytautas Gapšys
The politician claimed that law enforcement had followed and listened to him for several months and until April 2016 he claimed that there was no reason to initiate a pre-trial investigation against him.
“But then, that didn’t stop me from making suspicions for the period from September 2015 to January 2016. Wasn’t it politically motivated? That is exactly what the commission did not dare to explain, “said the” employee.
At that time, Seimas member Vytautas Bakas called the vote on V. Gapšis’ legal immunity an examination for parliament.
“Would we like to live in Lithuania, where politicians use their mandate for personal enrichment, so that those who contribute to increasing social exclusion, impoverishment and deception are inviolable? I don’t think there should be a cover for the mandate,” said.
The Prosecutor General Evaldas Pašilis requested that V. Gapšis’s immunity be waived so that the alleged case of political corruption could be further investigated in the Vilnius Regional Court.
V.Gapšys is on trial in this case for influence trading.
The Seimas Temporary Investigation Commission suggested to the parliamentarians that they comply with the Attorney General’s request to allow V. Gapšis to be prosecuted, as he does not see any political persecution in him.
During the commission meeting, V. Gapšys himself claimed that he was being prosecuted for the activities of a member of the Seimas.
“I carried out the activities of a member of the Seimas and I am being persecuted for it”, declared the parliamentarian before the temporary commission of the Seimas.
The Attorney General of the Attorney General’s Office, Justas Laucius, who participated in the meeting, reported that at no time in this case was the issue of political persecution raised against a member of the Seimas.
I carried out the activities of a member of the Seimas and I am being persecuted for it, – said V.Gapšys.
According to the official, V.Gapšys is accused of trading with the influence that he agreed, promised and accepted 12.1 thousand. EUR and 15 thousand. EUR, for the benefit of third parties, promising to bribe – the former vice president of the company MG Baltic Raimondas Kurlianskas – to influence other officials and institutions to make decisions beneficial to the company.
In the so-called MG Baltic corruption case, there is an episode in which R. Kurlianskis, the former vice president of the MG Baltic company, allegedly gave a total of 27.1 thousand in 2015-2016. bribes worth EUR.
The forces of order indicate that part of this amount was discounted when transmitting the announcements of the Labor Party in the television of the group, the other part of the funds was disguised as support to a public institution. To this end, according to the accusers, V. Gapšys tried to influence members of the Labor Party, state officials and the Lithuanian Railway Board to act in the interests of concern.
A total of five natural persons and three legal persons are being tried in this criminal case.
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